Seville and Cádiz are the Andalusian cities that have repeatedly been favored by the Extraordinary Christmas Drawing of the National Lottery, since the “Gordo” fell on them 17 and 12 times respectively in the entire history of the drawing, according to data State lotteries and gambling consulted by Europa Press. After these capitals is Málaga, awarded ten times with the biggest prize in the Christmas Lottery.
In this framework, Malaga accumulates 26 “Gordos” in its province in 14 cities, highlighting Malaga with ten and Álora, Marbella and Ronda with two each; Seville has 23 in seven municipalities, 17 in the capital; Cadiz, 22 in nine locations, including 12 in the capital and three in Algeciras; Granada, 16 in eight locations, including nine in the capital and two in Almuñécar, and Córdoba, with 12 “Gordos” in nine locations, including four in the capital.
In Jaén he fell ten times in nine locations, none in the capital and twice in Linares; Almería has been honored seven times in five locations, two in Almería and two more in El Ejido, while Huelva has six ‘gordos’ in five municipalities, one in the capital and two in Ayamonte. Last year, this municipality in Huelva was the only one in Andalusia to receive this award.
In the national framework, the ranking of the luckiest places continues to be led for another year by the city of Madrid, where the ‘Gordo’ fell a total of 82 times in the more than 200-year history of the traditional draw. Behind her is Barcelona with 42, Seville with 17, Bilbao (14), Valencia (13), Zaragoza (13) and Cadiz (12). Of all, only in Madrid “Gordo” fell in last year’s draw.
Similarly, in Malaga the top prize fell on ten occasions; Santander, Alicante and Granada, nine times; La Coruña, San Sebastián and Gijón, in seven; Palma de Mallorca, in six; Badajoz, Lugo and Manises (Valencia), in five, and Murcia, Vic (Barcelona), Sort (Lérida), Córdoba, Valladolid, Burgos, Pamplona, Salamanca and Teruel, in four.
The first prize fell three times in Algeciras (Cádiz), as well as in Albacete, Casas Ibáñez (Albacete), Benidorm (Alicante), Oviedo, Sabadell (Barcelona), Carballo (La Coruña), Huesca, Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid ) , Palencia, Logroño, Segovia, San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Las Palmas), Puerto de la Cruz (Santa Cruz de Tenerife), Telde (Las Palmas), Boñar (León), San Pedro del Pinatar (Murcia), Granadilla de Abona ( Tenerife), Vigo, Cáceres, Teruel and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, awarded in 2021.
On two occasions, “El Gordo” was distributed in Almería, El Ejido (Almería), Almuñécar (Granada), Ayamonte (Huelva) and Linares (Jaén), as well as in Vitoria, Elche (Alicante), Avilés, Nava (Asturias), Granollers (Barcelona), Sant Quirze del Vallés (Barcelona), Coria (Cáceres), Castellón, Ciudad Real, Santiago de Compostela , Cuenca, Belmonte (Cuenca), León, Lérida, Vilalba (Lugo), Alcorcón (Madrid), Collado Villalba (Madrid), Leganés (Madrid) and San Sebastián de los Reyes (Madrid).
The first prize also fell twice in Alora (Málaga), Marbella (Málaga) and Ronda (Málaga), as well as in Cartagena (Murcia), Yecla (Murcia), Pontevedra, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arrecife (Las Palmas) , Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Los Realejos (Tenerife), Soria, Talavera de la Reina (Toledo), O Porriño (Pontevedra), Alcira (Valencia), Zamora, San Vicente del Raspeig (Alicante) and Derio (Vizcaya).
Some cities provincial capital, fell only once in Guadalajara, Huelva and Orense, although it has also fallen in other major cities in a historic moment, such as Salou (Tarragona) in 2019.
